Based loosely on the author’s own experiences, Hotel Moscow paints a very interesting, but somewhat terrifying, portrait of a country undergoing violent and profound change. Right away, Brooke learns that being an American will not protect her in a country that seems to be without laws or governance. The dangerous experiences continue as she faces […]
Category: William Morrow Books
A Memory Of Violets By Hazel Gaynor
A Memory Of Violets takes place in two time periods, the late 19th century and the early 20th century. Our main character is Tilly, a young woman who is leaving her home town for reasons we don’t immediately know and in 1912, the jobs a single woman of a certain class can have are somewhat […]
After The War Is Over By Jennifer Robson
If you like stories about English people tethered by the constraints of class and money, this is the book for you. Fortunately, that is exactly what I like, so After The War Is Over was very enjoyable for me! Charlotte is a feminist, or as she would be called at that time, a suffragist. […]
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Klein
Orphan Train Author: Christina Baker Klein Category: Fiction Format: eGalley Publisher: William Morrow Release Date: 4-2-13 Nearly eighteen, Molly Ayer knows she has one last chance. Just months from “aging out” of the child welfare system, and close to being kicked out of her foster home, a community service position helping an elderly woman clean […]
The Widow’s War by Sally Gunning
Set in Pre-Revolutionary War New England, this book tells the story of Lydia Barry, whose husband is a whaler and meets his end at sea. At the time, the law gives all of her property to her Son-in-Law, who she must live with. Of course, he is a huge jerk, but being married to her […]